We had a wonderful ride on the rail trail today. We parked at the end of Station Rd by the fish hatchery. There were no other cars there when we arrived. We rode 3.25 miles toward Floodwood Rd, turning around a bit past the home of some friends on Hoel Pond, for a total of 6.5 miles. This is a view of Rat Pond as you ride by.
When we got back to the parking lot, which had quite a few cars in it by then, we noticed this wonderful mushroom. Another biker said it was called a Shaggy Mane.
It was another gorgeous day with little wind. And Rollins Pond was the perfect place to paddle on a Sunday since the campground closed right after Labor Day. We paddled around the lake for a total of 5 miles.
We climbed up to the rail trail to check the progress and discovered that nothing has been done on this section yet.
We had a wonderful 8 mile paddle on Little Tupper Lake today. When we started out there was no wind. The water was like glass.
The reflections were so great it was like paddling through the clouds.
We paddled up the stream that flows in from the north until we were stopped by a big beaver dam. We might have found a way over it, but the lake was so inviting we decided to retreat.
We stopped for lunch on one of the beaches where there were moose tracks, which was very neat.
While we were stopped it rained a bit but not enough to spoil the fun.
We put in at the usual spot on Clark Wardner Rd and did the 7 mile paddle to the other end at Kushaqua-Mud Pond Rd where cars were waiting. It was a beautiful day.
We paddled up the northwestern end until we were stopped by a beaver dam and knew we couldn't go much further even if we climbed over it.
We stopped at a nice spot for lunch with this great view.
Today we finally made it to the rail trail. We combined the trip with picking up veggies, so we just started where Rt 86 crosses the trail outside of Saranac Lake, and headed toward Ray Brook. We only went a bit under 6 miles round trip, but that was fine for the first time on bikes for quite a while. There was a section that went slightly uphill, so it was good to be starting out that direction.
